Bio-Accessories by Australian designers Ben Landau and Brittany Veitch are a series of wearable couture pieces which mask the unpleasant sights, sounds and scents of a city in an attempt to bring some of the natural world back into civil living. According to the designers, each piece of Bio-Accessories incorporates a living organism to accompany the wearer throughout their day, creating a symbiotic relationship. According to us, this is reminiscent of the garbage chic fashion exhibited in the movie, Zoolander.
The human tends to the animal or plant, which reciprocates by bringing fresh air, light, greenery, privacy or birdsong to the wearer. The pieces are representative of mobile natural environments, framed within a fashionable alternative. Bio-Accessories is an experimental speculation of responsive, functional, fashionable and emotional craft within a city living context. Or, it’s simply ridiculous.
